DeSoto NWR received $100,000 in Regional Transportation Enhancement Funds from the Iowa Department of Transportation. The money will be used for critically needed conservation work on the 10,000 metal items in the Steamboat Bertrand collection.

Historic cabins now available to visitors and scholars. A dozen
historic cabins at Kenai
NWR were recently made available as lodging after they had
been examined, photographed, and documented by archaeologists who
will study their importance to the area. See http://news.fws.gov/tipsheet/2005-05-06-tipsheet.pdf for
more information.